Here’s what to know about the risk of blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine

By CNN,

The UK's medicines regulator has said that at least 30 people in the United Kingdom have experienced rare types of blood clots after receiving the Oxf...

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Aga Khan University Hospital resumes COVID-19 vaccination

By Citizen Reporter,

Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi has resumed COVID-19 vaccination for priority groups after receiving more doses of AstaZeneca from the governm...

Aga Khan University Hospital , AstraZeneca , coronavirus , vaccine

Majority of Kenyans welcome COVID-19 vaccine, some worried about side effects: AVF

By Citizen Reporter,

A new study by Africa’s Voices Foundation (AVF) to understand Kenyan citizens’ views and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination has found that maj...

coronavirus , vaccine

How AstraZeneca went from pandemic hero to villain

By Reuters,

After teaming up with Oxford University, AstraZeneca produced a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine in just nine months, a huge achievement that wil...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Anthony Fauci

AstraZeneca lowers its COVID-19 vaccine efficacy rate from 79% to 76%

By CNN,

Drug giant AstraZeneca updated its data on how well its coronavirus vaccine works, saying late Wednesday the vaccine showed 76% efficacy against sympt...

AstraZeneca

Is Litecoin really the Crypto for Africa?

By Agencies,

The people of Africa have shown tremendous interest in digital currency. Although there have been times when the African government showed resentment ...

Litecoin

Troubled Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine faces new setback

By VOA,

Just hours after AstraZeneca said late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine prove it has “100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospi...

AstraZeneca , vaccine

Explainer: How COVID-19 vaccines work

By CNN,

All the COVID-19 vaccines indicate high efficacy against the virus, even though they take very different approaches. Here's how some of them and vacci...

AstraZeneca , COVID-19 vaccines , moderna , Pfizer

All COVID-19 vaccines prevent death and severe disease, and that’s what matters, experts say

By CNN,

A fifth company -- AstraZeneca -- released data on Monday about how well its coronavirus vaccine works and said it plans to ask the US Food and Drug A...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , moderna , Pfizer

EU drugs regulator says benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh the risks

By Raquel Muigai,

More than 20 million people in the UK and Europe had received the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine by March 16 this year. And following the uncertainty of ...

AstraZeneca vaccine , coronavirus

My life with COVID: Ferdinand Mayiwa on losing his sense of hearing, smell, balance and taste

By Dorcas Wangira,

Ferdinand Mayiwa, 53,  a father of five and a Medical Social Psychologist has grown accustomed to the sound of silence. He lost his sense of hearing...

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How this year of working on Zoom has affected your brain

By CNN,

We have passed a year since the initial Covid-19 shutdowns. That means a year of working from home, business casual from the waist up, and staring at ...

Maser CEO speaks on skills to leadership in technology

By Citizen Reporter,

For eight years now, Mr Prateek Suri, has been running Maser, a Dubai based dynamic start-up driven by technological innovation and a passion to make ...

Maser

Doctors raise alarm over new symptoms exhibited by COVID-19 patients

By Raquel Muigai,

Medical practitioners have in recent weeks raised concern over what appears to be a third wave of COVID-19 in the country following a gradual increase...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , KNH , Nairobi West Hospital

Archbishop Muheria rubbishes statement on COVID-19 jab from Catholic doctors

By Waihiga Mwaura,

The Catholic Church has stated that it supports the COVID-19 vaccine for Kenyans after the arrival of more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca v...

coronavirus , muheria , vaccine

Kenya received 1.02M AstraZeneca vaccine doses. So how does it work?

By Agencies,

AstraZeneca's vaccine, made with a team at Britain's University of Oxford, is, like Janssen's, a vector vaccine. It uses an adenovirus that infects...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , vaccine

Kenya to use Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine despite concerns

By Dorcas Wangira,

The first doses of the COVID-19 are expected in the country no later than the end of February. The Ministry of Health says that the country is prep...

coronavirus

His transgender daughter couldn’t find comfortable swimwear, so he launched a swimsuit line

By CNN,

Ruby Alexander just wanted to go to the beach. As a transgender 11-year-old, she struggled to find comfortable, well-fitting bikini bottoms. So,...

First two cases of South African COVID-19 variant found in US

By VOA,

Health officials in South Carolina said Thursday that they had detected two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant, the first cases in the United...

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Iran seizes tanker as tensions rise with the US

By CNN,

Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely t...

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